The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 2nd February 2015

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 2nd February 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Buddy in Oz with Burl, mostly frolicsome
AAcross 9:	Dance music dynasty
AAcross 10:	Short bird backing composer
AAcross 11:	Tiptoe in as going to pot plant
AAcross 12:	Rice gets British capital for Evita — or The Sound of Music
AAcross 14:	Coarse jests preceding Long John Silver's last one
AAcross 15:	Vinyl binders seen after Queen retrospective
AAcross 17:	Martin nearly missing odd characters in clergyman's house
AAcross 20:	Shaw's good old city
AAcross 22:	Madonna's first love — musical material
AAcross 23:	Eartha and Orlando trail small birds
AAcross 24:	Funding a musical that may be fascinating?	AIDA
AAcross 25:	Prince shortly goes after bit of tartan fabric
AAcross 26:	Spectator playing no role, OK?
DDown 1:	Just taking starters, André Previn has little desire for food
DDown 2:	Cliff or Charlie taking Joplin piece, but Douglas rejecting one
DDown 3:	Miles turning round intro for Paul Simon's predecessor?
DDown 4:	Sympathy for finishers was flipping wickedness
DDown 5:	Dave's partner remixed blue cover for priest
DDown 6:	Crackers in a restaurant?	OUTTOLUNCH
DDown 7:	As an older person, poor Ronnie's disheartened
DDown 13:	Disturbed soil — not bad clue for Holmes, perhaps
DDown 16:	Female mount is successful	DOESWELL
DDown 18:	Something falling from artist in ditch
DDown 19:	Music from start to finish for small island	ROCKALL
DDown 21:	Noble is tense, saving nothing for later
DDown 22:	Midnight odyssey starts on boat in capital
DDown 24:	King leaves Bilk in tree